I am trying to learn squid so that i can configure it to do:
- Define Content groups, e.g.
- images containing gif, png, ico, jpg, jpeg, etc
- Audio containing mp3, wav, ogg etc
- Video
- Archives
- Binary files
- Acting Reverse Proxy for Multiple Web Servers hosted at different geographical locations, accessible via static IPs.
- Restrict the amount of monthly Bandwidth to say 1G and if a site goes over it, all requests will go to original server.
- Restrict/Allow specific content groups from certain web servers.
I know (1) can be done with ACL and (2) can be done by
- Including files that belong to those web server's squid configuration in squid.conf (We can do it on one squid.conf but i like configurations to be distributed among files for easy management)
- Content groups can be allowed/denied using ACL in web-server specific files.
- Place Delay Pools restriction inside web-server specific files
But thats all theory. I have been trying to learn the syntax, and its seems so confusing, not to mention squid.conf is well documented but bloated for a new person, every line has 8 new tunnel openings to decide from.
Also can web-server specific config allow override parameters from the original squid.conf? Like say if i block everything e.g. images, audios, videos, binaries in squid.conf, can i allow specific content groups for specific web servers?
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